Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 124, 2004-2005
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2004-2005 SEASON BOSTON SYM PHONY *J ORCHESTRA JAM ES LEVI N E ''"- ;* - JAMES LEVINE MUSIC DIRECTOR BERNARD HAITINK CONDUCTOR EMERITUS SEIJI OZAWA MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE Invite the entire string section for cocktails. With floor plans from 2,300 to over Phase One of this 5,000 square feet, you can entertain magnificent property is in grand style at Longyear. 100% sold and occupied. Enjoy 24-hour concierge service, Phase Two is now under con- single-floor condominium living struction and being offered by at its absolute finest, all Sotheby's International Realty & harmoniously located on Hammond Residential Real Estate an extraordinary eight- GMAC. Priced from $1,725,000. acre gated community atop prestigious Call Hammond at (617) 731-4644, Fisher Hill ext. 410. 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Beth Israel A teaching hospital of Deaconess Harvard Medical School Medical Center Red | the Boston Affiliated with Joslin Clinic | A Research Partner of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Official Hospital of James Levine, Music Director Bernard Haitink, Conductor Emeritus Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Laureate 124th Season, 2004-2005 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Peter A. Brooke, Chairman John F. Cogan, Jr., Vice-Chairman Robert P. O'Block, Vice-Chairman Nina L. Doggett, Vice-Chairman Roger T. Servison, Vice-Chairman Edward Linde, Vice-Chairman Vincent M. O'Reilly. Treasurer Harlan E. Anderson Eric D. Collins Edmund Kelly Edward I. Rudman George D. Behrakis Diddy Cullinane, George Krupp Hannah H. Schneider Gabriella Beranek ex-qfficio R. Willis Leith, Jr. Thomas G. Sternberg Mark G. Borden William R. Elfers Nathan R. Miller Stephen R. Weber Jan Brett Nancy J. Fitzpatrick Richard P. Morse Stephen R. \veiner Samuel B. Bruskin Charles K. Gifford Donna Riccardi, Robert C. Winters Paul Buttenwieser Thelma E. Goldberg ex-qfficio James F. Cleary Life Trustees Vernon R. Alden Julian Cohen Edna S. Kalman Peter C. Read David B. Arnold, Jr. Abram T. Collier George H. Kidder Richard A. Smith J. P. Barger Mrs. Edith L. Dabney Harvey Chet Krentzman Ray Stata Leo L. Beranek Nelson J. Darling. Jr. Mrs. August R. Meyer John Hoyt Stookey Deborah Davis Berman Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Mrs. Robert B. Newman John L. Thorndike Jane C. Bradley Dean W. Freed William J. Poorvu Dr. Nicholas T Zervas Helene R. Cahners Avram J. Goldberg Irving \^ . Rabb Other Officers of the Corporation Mark Volpe, Managing Director Thomas D. May, Chief Financial Officer Suzanne Page, Clerk of the Board Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Diddv Cullinane. Chair Helaine B. Allen George M. Elvin Robert J. Lepofsky Carol Reich Joel B. Alvord John P. Eustis II Christopher J. Lindop Alan Rottenberg Marjorie Arons-Barron Pamela D. Everhart Shari Loessberg Joseph D. Roxe Diane M. Austin Judith Moss Feingold Edwin N. London Michael Ruettgers Lucille M. Batal Lawrence K. Fish Jay Marks Kenan Sahin Maureen Scannell Myrna H. Freedman Jeffrey E. Marshall Arthur I. Segel Bateman Dr. Arthur Gelb Carmine Martignetti Ross E. Sherbrooke Milton Benjamin Stephanie Gertz Joseph B. Martin. M.D. Gilda Slifka George W. Bern- Jack Gill Robert J. Mayer, M.D. Christopher Smallhorn James L. Bildner Robert P. Gittens Thomas McCann Charles A. Stakeley Bradley Bloom Paula Groves Joseph C. McNay Jacquelynne M. Alan Bressler Michael Halperson Albert Merck Stepanian Michelle Courton Brown Ellen T. Harris Dr. Martin C. Mihm. Jr. Patricia L. Tambone William Burgin Virginia S. Harris Robert Mnookin W ilmer Thomas Rena F. Clark Deborah M. Hauser Paul M. Montrone Samuel Thorne Carol Feinberg Cohen Carol Henderson Robert J. Morrissey Diana Osgood Mrs. James C. Collias Richard Higginbotham Robert T O'Connell Tottenham Charles L. Cooney Phyllis S. Hubbard Norio Ohga Loet A. Velmans Rannv Cooper Roger Hunt Louis F Orsatti Paul M. Verrochi Martha H.W. William W Hunt Joseph Patton Matthew Walker Crowninshield Ernest Jacquet Ann M. Philbin Larrv ^\eber Cynthia Curme Charles H. Jenkins, Jr. May H. Pierce Robert S. Weil James C. Curvey Michael Joyce Joyce L. Plotkin David C. Bernstein Tamara P. Davis Martin S. Kaplan Dr. John Thomas James Westra Mrs. Miguel de Stephen Kay Potts, Jr. Mrs. Joan D. \^ heeler Braganca Cleve L. Killingsworth Dr. Tina ^oung Reginald H. White Disque Deane Douglas A. Kingsley Poussaint Richard Wurtman. M.D. Betsy P. Demirjian Robert Kleinberg Millard H. Pryor. Jr. Dr. Michael Zinner Paul F Deninger Dr. Arthur R. Kravitz Patrick J. Purcell D. Brooks Zug Alan Dvnner Overseer? Emeriti Caroline Dwight Bain Mrs. James Garivaltis Mrs. Gordon F. Robert E. Remis Sandra Bakalar Mrs. Kenneth J. Kingsley Mrs. Peter van S. Rice William M. Bulger Germeshausen David I. Kosowskv John Ex Rodgers Mrs. Levin H. Campbell Jordan Golding Robert K. Kraft Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Earle ML Chiles Mark R. Goldweitz Benjamin H. Lacy Roger A. Saunders Joan P. Curhan Mrs. HaskeU R. Mrs. V. illiam D. Larkin Lynda Anne Schubert Phyllis Curtin Gordon Hart D. Leavitt Mrs. Carl Shapiro JoAnne \^ alton Susan D. Hall Frederick H. L. Scott Singleton Dickinson John Hamill Lovejoy. Jr. Mrs. Micho Spring Phyllis Dohanian Mrs. Richard D. Hill Diane H. Lupean Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Goetz B. Eaton Glen H. Hiner Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Robert A. Wells Harriett Eckstein Marilyn Brachman Mrs. Ham- L. Marks Mrs. Thomas H.P. Edward Eskandarian Hoffman C. Charles Marran \^ hitney J. Richard Fennell Lola Jaffe Barbara Maze Margaret \^ illiams- Peter H.B. H. Eugene Jones Hanae Mori DeCeUes Frelinghuysen Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Mrs. Hiroshi H. Xishino Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Mrs. Thomas Richard L. Kave John A. Perkins Mrs. John J. Wilson Galligan. Jr. Daphne Brooks Prout Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Donna Riccardi. President Lrsula Ehret-Dichter. Executive Vice-President/ Ann M. Philbin. President-Elect Tangleuood Olga Turcotte. Executive T ice-President/ Patricia A. Kavanagh. Secretary Adm in istration V. illiam A. Along. Treasurer Linda If. Sperandio. Executive \ ice-President/ Judy Barr. dominating Chair Eundraising V. illiam S. Ballen. Tangleuood Audley H. Fuller. Membership Lisa A. Mafrici. Public Relations Melinda Brown. Resource Lillian Katz. Hall Services Leah \\eisse. Swnphonv Shop Development James M. Labraico. Special Staffing Jerry Dreher. Education and Projects Outreach Table of Contents BSO News 5 On Display at Svmphonv Hall 6 New to the BSO' 11 Don Quixote in Music, by Helen M. Greenwald 15 BSO Music Director James Levine 19 The Boston Symphony Orchestra 22 This Peek's Boston Symphony Orchestra Program 25 Notes on the Program 27 Featured Artists 53 Future Programs 68 Symphony Hall Exit Plan 70 Symphony Hall Information 71 This week's Pre-Concert Talks are given by BSO Publications Associate Robert Kirzinger. Program copyright ©2005 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover design by Sametz Blackstone Associates, Boston Cover photograph by Michael Lutch Administration Mark Volpe, Managing Director Eunice and Julian Cohen Managing Directorship, fullyfunded in perpetuity Tony Beadle, Manager, Boston Pops Peter Minichiello, Director of Development Anthony Fogg, Artistic Administrator Kim Noltemy, Director of Sales and Marketing Marion Gardner-Saxe, Director of Human Resources Caroline Taylor, Senior Advisor to the Ellen Highstein, Director of Tanglewood Music Center Managing Director Thomas D. May, Chief Financial Officer Ray F. Wellbaum, Orchestra Manager ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ARTISTIC Bridget P. Carr, Archivist-Position endowed by Caroline Dwight Bain • Karen Leopardi, Artist Assistant • Vincenzo Natale, Chauffeur/Valet • Suzanne Page, Assistant to the Managing Director/Manager of Board Administration • Alexander Steinbeis, Assistant Artistic Administrator ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ PRODUCTION Christopher W. Ruigomez, Operations Manager Felicia A. Burrey, Chorus Manager • H.R. Costa, Technical Supervisor • Keith Elder, Production Coordinator • Jake Moerschel, Stage Technician • John Morin, Stage Technician • Mark C. Rawson, Stage Technician • Anna Stowe, Assistant Chorus Manager • Timothy Tsukamoto, Orchestra Personnel Coordinator BOSTON POPS Dennis Alves, Director ofArtistic Programming Jana Gimenez, Operations Manager • Sheri Goldstein, Personal Assistant to the Conductor • Julie Knippa, Administration Coordinator • Margo Saulnier, Artistic Coordinator BUSINESS OFFICE Sarah J. Harrington, Director of Planning and Budgeting Pam Wells, Controller Lamees Al-Noman, Cash Accountant • Yaneris Briggs, Accounts Payable Supervisor • Theresa Colvin, Staff Accountant • Michelle Green, Executive Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer • Minnie Kwon, Payroll Assistant • Y. Georges Minyayluk, Senior Investment Accountant • John O'Callaghan, Payroll Supervisor • Mary Park, Budget Analyst • Harriet Prout, Accounting Manager • Andrew Swartz, Budget Assistant • Teresa Wang, StaffAccountant DEVELOPMENT Rebecca R. Crawford, Director of Development Communications Sally Dale, Director of Stewardship and